Sack-jolter for sacking grain, &amp;c.



No. 666,049. I Patented Jan. I5, I90l.

M. A. GIFFORD. V SACK JOLTER FOR SACKING GRAIN &G.

(Application filed Jul 25, 1900.

(No Model.)

UNlTED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

MYR ON A. GIFFORD, OF GRAFTON, CALIFORNIA.

SACK-JOLTER FOR SACKING GRAIN, 840.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 666,049, dated January 15, 1901.

Application filed July 25, 1900. derial No. 24,836. (No model.)

To all 107mm, it may concern:

Be it known that I, MYRON A. GIFFORD, a citizen of the United States, residing at Grafton, in the county of Yolo and State of California, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Sack-Jolters for Sacking Grain, &c., of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to improvements in sack-jolters for settling and compacting the contents of a sack in sacking grain and other materials, and more especially for use in connection with grain-harvesters.

The object of the invention is to provide means whereby the contents of a sack may be quickly, uniformly, and compactly settled.

The invention consists in the features and combination of features, as more fully hereinafter described and claimed.

In the drawings, Figure l is a side View in I elevation, partly in section; Fig. 2, a top plan its edge.

view; Fig. 3, a detail section of the jolterblock.

Referring to the drawings, in which like letters of reference denote like parts throughout the several views, A is a platform provided With an opening B, having cleats O on D is a box under said platform, pro-- vided With an opening E and a door F.

G is the sack-jolter, comprising a block H, with a curved or rounded upper surface, said block being placed over the opening B, between the cleats O, and one end hinged to the platform at l, and on its lower surface, at the opposite end, provided with an arm J.

K is apitman or link, one end connected to the outer end of the arm J and the opposite end to an eccentric on the shaft of a grainharvesting or other machine, by which the sack-jolter is operated.

L is a sack, the bottom of which rests on the upper curved surface of the sack-jolter and the top of which may be held by hand or in any suitable manner.

The object of providing the block H with a rounded upper surface is to present a smooth surface for a bag to rest upon and prevent the bottom of the same from being mutilated.

The operation is as follows Upon the rotation of the eccentric the pitman will cause the block of the sack-jolter and the bag thereon to be vibrated or shaken, and thus the contents of the same will be quickly settled and closely compacted. Any overflow of the coni I claim is- 1. A jolter for settling and compacting the contents of a sack or other receptacle, provided with a platform or support having an opening, a block movably supported on said platform adjacent to said opening, and means for vibrating said block, substantially as shown and described.

2. A jolter for settling and compacting the contents of a sack or other receptacle, provided with a support having an opening, a block one end hinged to said support at one edge of said opening and the opposite end connected to means for-vibrating the same, substantially as shown and described.

3. A jolter for settling and compacting the contents of a sack or other receptacle, comprising a support or platform provided with an opening, a block one end hinged to said support at one edge of said opening and the opposite end connected to means for vibrating the same, and means for receiving the overflow from said sack or other receptacle, substantially as shown and described.

4;. A jolter for settling and compacting the contents of a sack or other receptacle provided with a support, a block hinged thereto having a rounded upper surface, and means for vibrating said block, substantially as shown and described.

5. A jolter for settling and compacting the contents of a sack or other receptacle provided with a support, a block hinged thereto having a rounded upper surface, means for vibrating said block, and means for receiving the overflow from said sack or other receptacle, substantially as shown and described.

6.. A device for packing material in bags and Otherreceptacles, comprising in combitop, an opening and a door in the bottom, a

block hinged to the vedge of the ,opening in nation a receptacle having an opening in the the top of said receptacle, and means for vitop, a block with a rounded upper surface projecting above the receptacle and hinged at the edge of said opening, and means for vibrating said block, substantially as shown and described.

7. A device forpacking materials in bags and other receptacles, comprising in combination a receptacle having an opening in the brating said block substantially as shown and described.

In testimony whereof I hereto affix my signature in the presence of two witnesses.

MYRON A. GIFFORD.

Witnesses:

HARRY 'L. HUSTON, ARTHUR O. HUSTON. 

